9-letter words containing b, o, s, k
- boot disk — (operating system) The magnetic disk (usually a hard disk) from which an operating system kernel is loaded (or "bootstrapped"). This second phase in system start-up is performed by a simple bootstrap loader program held in ROM, possibly configured by data stored in some form of writable non-volatile storage. Some operating systems, notably SunOS and Solaris, can be configured to boot from a network rather than from disk. Such a system can thus run as a diskless workstation.
- bop stack — A BOP stack is one of two or more units which control well pressure, and contain the wellhead and blowout preventers.
- boschvark — a bush pig of S Africa
- boskiness — the quality of being bosky
- boskopoid — of, relating to, or characteristic of Boskop man or the culture or habitat of Boskop man.
- bow shock — the shock front along which the solar wind encounters a planet's magnetic field.
- brookings — Robert Somers [suhm-erz] /ˈsʌm ərz/ (Show IPA), 1850–1932, U.S. merchant and philanthropist.
- brushwork — An artist's brushwork is their way of using their brush to put paint on a canvas and the effect that this has in the picture.
- bunkhouse — (in the US and Canada) a building containing the sleeping quarters of workers on a ranch
- bush hook — Dialect. a tool with a curved blade and long handle used to cut bushes and undergrowth.
- busy work — work assigned for the sake of looking or keeping busy.
- busy-work — work assigned for the sake of looking or keeping busy.
- buttstock — the part of a gun behind the breech
- byelostok — a city in E Poland.
- casebooks — Plural form of casebook.
- cash-book — a journal in which all cash or cheque receipts and disbursements are recorded
- cashbooks — Plural form of cashbook.
- chapbooks — Plural form of chapbook.
- classbook — a book kept by a teacher recording student attendance, grades, etc.
- cockboats — Plural form of cockboat.
- cockscomb — the comb of a domestic cock
- comebacks — Plural form of comeback.
- cookbooks — Plural form of cookbook.
- copybooks — Plural form of copybook.
- crossbuck — (in the US) a white cross-shaped road sign used at railway crossings
- cryobanks — Plural form of cryobank.
- datebooks — Plural form of datebook.
- deskbound — doing sedentary work; working exclusively at a desk.
- doorknobs — Plural form of doorknob.
- dukhobors — a pacifistic, nonritualistic, mystical religious sect that separated (1785) from the Eastern Orthodox Church: in the 1890s, many members emigrated to W Canada
- flipbooks — Plural form of flipbook.
- forkballs — Plural form of forkball.
- gobstruck — (slang, chiefly, UK) gobsmacked; astonished; astounded.
- grosbeaks — Plural form of grosbeak.
- grossbeak — Alternative form of grosbeak.
- guestbook — A book in which visitors to a particular place may write their names, addresses, and remarks.
- handbooks — Plural form of handbook.
- herdbooks — Plural form of herdbook.
- holdbacks — Plural form of holdback.
- hornbooks — Plural form of hornbook.
- horseback — the back of a horse.
- hymnbooks — Plural form of hymnbook.
- imbosking — Present participle of imbosk.
- jackboots — Plural form of jackboot.
- jobseeker — A person seeking employment.
- jukeboxes — Plural form of jukebox.
- kabloonas — Plural form of kabloona.
- keelboats — Plural form of keelboat.
- kerbstone — one of the stones, or a range of stones, forming a curb, as along a street.
- keyboards — Plural form of keyboard.